different between matrona vs matronal

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin m?tr?na (“matron”), from m?ter (“mother; matron”). Doublet of matron.

Noun

matrona (plural matronas) (historical)

1. In Ancient Rome, a wife of an honorable man.

Anagrams

• Maranto, Montara

Italian

Etymology

From Latin m?tr?na (“matron”), from m?ter (“mother; matron”).

Noun

matrona f (plural matrone)

1. matron

Related terms

• matronale
• matronale

Anagrams

• marnato
• normata
• tarmano
• tramano
• maronat

Latin

Etymology

From m?ter (“mother; matron”). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ma??tro?.na/, [mä??t??o?nä]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ma?tro.na/, [m??t????n?]

Noun

m?tr?na f (genitive m?tr?nae); first declension

1. A married woman, wife or matron, especially of an honorable man.
2. A title of Juno.

Declension

First-declension noun.

Derived terms

• m?tr?n?lis
• m?tr?n?tus

Related terms

Descendants

References

• matrona in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• matrona in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• matrona in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• matrona in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• matrona in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• matrona in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly

Polish

Etymology

From Latin m?tr?na.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ma?tr?.na/

Noun

matrona f

1. (dated) matron (mature or elderly woman)
2. (Ancient Rome, historical) matrona (wife of an honorable man)

Declension

Further reading

• matrona in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
• matrona in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin m?tr?na (“matron”), from m?ter (“mother; matron”).

Noun

matrona f (plural matronas)

1. matron
2. midwife

   Synonyms: comadrona, partera

English

Etymology

matron +? -al

Adjective

matronal (not comparable)

1. Of, or pertaining to, a matron.